Six days out: Why 28,000 MLGW customers are still without power
Downtown Memphis, Tennessee can been seen as ice covers the canopy of large oak trees in Midtown Feb. 4, 2022. More than a third of those in the Memphis area without power since the start of the ice storm. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
MLGW pushes back its estimate to have all customers restored and begins looking to fix smaller outages.
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Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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